Budapest District 14 announces HUF 1.4 bln renovation tender

MTI – Econews

Tuesday, May 3, 2011, 07:50

The local council of Budapest's District 14 has called an accelerated public procurement procedure for HUF 1.4 billion of renovation work on residential and institutional buildings, the latest issue of the Public Procurement Gazette shows.

Most of the work must be completed during the summer school break, thus the need for the accelerated procedure.

The deadline for declaring interest in the tender is May 10. Parties in the second round will be announced on May 17.

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